A new study published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica shows that people released from Norwegian prisons face a markedly higher suicide risk than the general population. Risk is highest in the weeks immediately after release but remains elevated over time. The study is part of the Norwegian Prison Release Study (nPRIS) and includes 112,877 individuals with a prison stay between 2000 and 2022. Data from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry, the Norwegian Prison Registry, the

A new study from the PriSUD project, recently published in Archives of Suicide Research, provides important insights into suicide within the Norwegian correctional system. Utilizing comprehensive national registry data spanning 23 years, the study investigates the rates, timing, and specific clinical and other correlates of suicide among individuals in prison. The findings reveal that the risk of suicide is significantly elevated during the very first week of incarceration, p

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Bukten, Anne; Skjærvø, Ingeborg; Stavseth, Marianne Riksheim. The association of prison security level with mortality after release from...